Wei-Yin Chen

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-0, 200lb (183cm, 90kg)

Born: July 21, 1985 in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan tw

Last Game: September 28, 2019 (Age 34-069d)
vs. PHI 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2012 season

Agents: Boras Corporation • Previously: Octagon

Full Name: Wei-Yin Chen

Nicknames: Weigh-In

Pronunciation: \WAY-in\

Twitter: @WeiYinChen16

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.3

ERA

4.18

219

170

1064.2

846

WHIP

1.277

Player News

Hide Majors

Hide Minors

Hide Foreign

Register Pitching

Register Pitching
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
2005	19	-8.9	Chunichi	JPCL	Fgn		0	0		6.05	7.91	10	1	2	0	0	1	19.1	29	17	13	3	6	0	20	0	0	2	92	1.810	13.5	1.4	2.8	9.3	3.33

2008	22	-6.2	Chunichi	JPCL	Fgn		7	6	.538	2.90	3.14	39	14		1	1	0	114.2	101	40	37	7	33	0	107	5	0	5	474	1.169	7.9	0.5	2.6	8.4	3.24
2009	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		8	4	.667	1.55	1.77	25	23		5	4	0	168.0	115	33	29	11	40	0	150	3	0	2	657	0.923	6.2	0.6	2.1	8.0	3.75
2009	23	-5.6	Chunichi	JPCL	Fgn		8	4	.667	1.54	1.76	24	23		5	4	0	164.0	113	32	28	10	40	0	146	3	0	2	644	0.933	6.2	0.5	2.2	8.0	3.65
2009	23	-3.1	Chunichi	JPWL	Fgn		0	0		2.25	2.25	1			0	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	13	0.500	4.5	2.3	0.0	9.0
2010	24	-4.3	Chunichi	JPCL	Fgn		13	10	.565	2.87	3.02	29	27	0	3	2	0	188.0	166	63	60	21	49	2	153	8	0	5	773	1.144	7.9	1.0	2.3	7.3	3.12
2011	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		9	10	.474	2.59	3.09	28	24	1	4	1	0	180.2	155	62	52	10	34	2	103	6	0	3	723	1.046	7.7	0.5	1.7	5.1	3.03
2011	25	-3.0	Chunichi	JPCL	Fgn		8	10	.444	2.68	3.12	25	24	1	4	1	0	164.2	138	57	49	9	31	2	94	5	0	2	659	1.026	7.5	0.5	1.7	5.1	3.03
2011	25	-1.6	Chunichi	JPWL	Fgn		1	0	1.000	1.69	2.81	3			0	0	0	16.0	17	5	3	1	3	0	9	1	0	1	64	1.250	9.6	0.6	1.7	5.1	3.00
2012	26	-2.2	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	12	11	.522	4.02	4.53	32	32	0	0	0	0	192.2	186	97	86	29	57	0	154	5	1	2	818	1.261	8.7	1.4	2.7	7.2	2.70
2013	27	2.4	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	1	0	1.000	3.00	3.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	9	4	4	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	44	0.917	6.8	0.0	1.5	6.0	4.00
2013	27	-1.7	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	7	7	.500	4.07	4.07	23	23	0	0	0	0	137.0	142	62	62	17	39	2	104	2	0	3	572	1.321	9.3	1.1	2.6	6.8	2.67
2014	28	-0.5	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	16	6	.727	3.54	3.73	31	31	0	0	0	0	185.2	193	77	73	23	35	2	136	3	0	2	772	1.228	9.4	1.1	1.7	6.6	3.89
2015	29	6.1	Frederick	CARL	A+	BAL	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	0.333	3.0	0.0	0.0	6.0
2015	29	0.7	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	11	8	.579	3.34	3.67	31	31	0	0	0	0	191.1	192	78	71	28	41	0	153	5	0	3	792	1.218	9.0	1.3	1.9	7.2	3.73
2016	30	1.9	MIA	NL	Maj	MIA	5	5	.500	4.96	5.04	22	22	0	0	0	0	123.1	134	69	68	22	24	0	100	3	0	1	520	1.281	9.8	1.6	1.8	7.3	4.17
2017	31		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-Rk	MIA	0	0		0.00	0.00	3	2	0	0	0	0	4.2	6	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	21	1.500	11.6	0.0	1.9	5.8	3.00
2017	31	7.9	Jupiter	FLOR	A+	MIA	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.2	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	16	1.364	9.8	0.0	2.5	4.9	2.00
2017	31	10.6	Marlins	GULF	Rk	MIA	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	2.000	18.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
2017	31	2.6	MIA	NL	Maj	MIA	2	1	.667	3.82	3.82	9	5	1	0	0	0	33.0	25	14	14	3	9	0	25	1	0	1	132	1.030	6.8	0.8	2.5	6.8	2.78
2018	32	9.0	Jupiter	FLOR	A+	MIA	1	0	1.000	1.17	1.17	2	2	0	1	1	0	7.2	5	1	1	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	30	0.783	5.9	0.0	1.2	12.9	11.00
2018	32	3.8	MIA	NL	Maj	MIA	6	12	.333	4.79	5.06	26	26	0	0	0	0	133.1	131	75	71	19	47	6	111	1	1	4	572	1.335	8.8	1.3	3.2	7.5	2.36
2019	33	4.7	MIA	NL	Maj	MIA	0	1	.000	6.59	7.11	45	0	14	0	0	0	68.1	87	54	50	15	18	2	63	5	0	2	307	1.537	11.5	2.0	2.4	8.3	3.50
2020	34	6.3	Chiba Lotte	JPPL	Fgn		0	3	.000	2.42	2.42	4			1	0	0	26.0	22	7	7	4	4	1	14	0	0	2	102	1.000	7.6	1.4	1.4	4.8	3.50
2021	35		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		3	2	.600	2.25	2.70	8			0	0	0	40.0	36	12	10	0	5	0	28	1	0	0	159	1.025	8.1	0.0	1.1	6.3	5.60
2021	35	9.0	Hanshin	JPWL	Fgn		2	2	.500	1.76	2.05	6			0	0	0	30.2	26	7	6	0	2	0	21	1	0	0	120	0.913	7.6	0.0	0.6	6.2	10.50
2021	35	7.8	Hanshin	JPCL	Fgn		1	0	1.000	3.86	4.82	2			0	0	0	9.1	10	5	4	0	3	0	7	0	0	0	39	1.393	9.6	0.0	2.9	6.8	2.33
2022	36	10.0	Hanshin	JPWL	Fgn		2	1	.667	3.03	3.64	7			0	0	0	29.2	36	12	10	1	5	0	16	0	0	0	127	1.382	10.9	0.3	1.5	4.9	3.20
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (8 seasons)					Majors		59	51	.536	4.18	4.45	219	170	15	0	0	0	1064.2	1090	526	495	156	270	12	846	25	2	18	4485	1.277	9.2	1.3	2.3	7.2	3.13
Minors (4 seasons)					Minors		2	0	1.000	1.65	1.65	8	7	0	1	1	0	27.1	21	5	5	0	4	0	24	0	0	1	105	0.915	6.9	0.0	1.3	7.9	6.00
Foreign (8 seasons)					Foreign		42	36	.538	2.56	2.89	150	89	3	14	8	1	766.1	660	246	218	57	176	5	591	23	0	19	3107	1.091	7.8	0.7	2.1	6.9	3.36
NPB (7 seasons)					NPB		37	33	.529	2.60	2.90	133	89	3	14	8	1	686.0	579	221	198	54	166	5	541	21	0	18	2783	1.086	7.6	0.7	2.2	7.1	3.26
All Levels (16 Seasons)							103	87	.542	3.48	3.76	377	266	18	15	9	1	1858.1	1771	777	718	213	450	17	1461	48	2	38	7697	1.195	8.6	1.0	2.2	7.1	3.25

AA (1 season)					Minors		1	0	1.000	3.00	3.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	9	4	4	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	44	0.917	6.8	0.0	1.5	6.0	4.00
A+ (3 seasons)					Minors		1	0	1.000	0.63	0.63	5	4	0	1	1	0	14.1	10	1	1	0	2	0	15	0	0	0	56	0.837	6.3	0.0	1.3	9.4	7.50
Rk (1 season)					Minors		0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	2.000	18.0	0.0	0.0	9.0